Swarm climatological models of low- and mid-latitude F-region ionospheric currents

The model is designed to accurately represent these currents and fields at low and mid latitudes. It is built by taking advantage of the unprecedented space-time data coverage provided by the three satellites of the ESA Swarm constellation (Alpha, Bravo and Charlie).

Three versions of the model are provided, each being built using data from only one of the three Swarm satellites. Together, they provide a climatological description of the toroidal magnetic fields and the associated radial poloidal electric currents at two distinct altitudes (about 457 km for Alpha and Charlie; about 515 km for Bravo) in the ionosphere F region.